Animal Control In George Orwell's Animal Farm

By killing the animals, Napoleon shows that he is willing to go to any measures possible to make the animals confess their crimes. For example, when Napoleon calls the same four pigs who “protested when Napoleon abolished the Sunday Meetings” (92) to confess their crimes, they tell him “that they had entered into an agreement with” (93) Snowball to hand over Animal Farm to Mr. Frederick. Since Napoleon does not prefer the sound of the pigs when they confess, he orders the dogs to tear their throats out. This quote suggest that Napoleon does not show any sympathy towards the pigs to hear the full story of what the pigs needed to say. After the pigs die, Napoleon starts to demand “whether any other animal had anything to confess” (93) and when he says these words, three hens, a goose and three sheep also confess their crime.

George Orwell in his novel Animal Farm explores the reality through the abuse of power using the character Napoleon. In order to gain absolute power, Napoleon eliminates any opposition, uses propaganda, and chances the commandments.

When thinking about pigs, you generally associate them with being dirty, repulsive and gluttonous. Well, that's Napoleon. In the novel, Animal Farm, by George Orwell Napoleon is a pig on Manor Farm who slowly exerts power over others and begins his reign as a dictator. Napoleon takes over and renames the farm Animal Farm while being completely deceptive and unfair. Napoleon is a prime example of how absolute power corrupts absolutely because he is unjust and doesn't care for the wellbeing of any of the other animals on the farm but himself.

In chapter 7 Napoleon began punishing and executing the animals who he believed to be traitors, by forcing them to confess to “crimes” that they committed. Through this, it is obvious that although the pigs goal is to keep humans out of animal farm, and make sure that the animals are safe, it is causing a sense of fear and terror in the animals. This also shows how the animals have no freedom of

Mr. Jones of Manor Farm who is apathetic and always drunken, animals are constantly exploited and treated extremely poorly. When old Major shares his speech of rebellion, the animals urge to start a revolution of ‘Animal Farm’ under the guidance of the two pigs Napoleon and Snowball, against the humans and take over the farm. As Napoleon abuses the power he gained, Old Major’s dream gradually shifts away from the consciousness of the animals, until there is no differentiation between the pigs and the humans ending where they started, Manors Farm.

After the revolution, Manor Farm was renamed to Animal Farm and the Seven Commandments of animalism were established to ensure equality. The pigs became the supervisors of the farm. However, the rivalry between two pigs Snowball and Napoleon made Napoleon use force. Napoleon ordered his dogs to chase out Snowball from the farm in order to become the only leader. Napoleon’s selfishness and corrupt power made him commit different atrocities against his own comrades. As a result, the lives of the animals except for the pigs and dogs were of tyranny and inequality. Napoleon became worse than their former human master. The animals spent the rest of his life almost starving and working in the construction of the windmill that was destroyed several times. The abolishment of Sunday morning meetings, the public execution of animals, and the drinking of alcohol were the most important changes that facilitated the transformation of animal farm, and Napoleon as the most responsible for the downfall of the utopian vision of Animal Farm.

After their farmer Jones was overthrown, these three pigs and their comrades attempted to rid the farm of any accessories made for animals by throwing them in a fire. In chapter two, when asked if ribbons were allowed, Snowball responded, “Ribbons should be considered as clothes, which are the mark of a human being. All animals should go naked.” For some time after this was stated, animals went bare. However, in chapter ten, Napoleon and the other pigs contradicted this concept, wearing clothes from Mr. Jones’s wardrobe. It states, “Napoleon himself appearing in a black coat, ratcatcher breeches, and leather leggings, while his favorite sow appeared in the watered silk dress in which Mrs. Jones wore on Sundays.” Technically, the pigs did not go against the third commandment they created that read, “No animal shall wear clothes” because it no longer existed. Instead there was only a single commandment that stated, “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.” So rather than all animals being fair, the pigs received special treatment while the others continued to suffer. Which is the same as when Jones was around, because he made all the animals do the harsh labor while he kept all the proceeds for himself, living in a lovely house and drinking loads of alcohol. The pigs were even walking around on their hind legs like him, and engaging in business with humans. The difference between them was unrecognizable, as indicated on the final page. At this point Napoleon never realized that his mentality was equivalent to Jones’s and that he was no better at controlling the farm than he was. They made the same selfish choices and filled the residents of Animal Farm with

Napoleon uses strategies such as revisionism to control the other farm animals and to also stay in charge. One Commandment once read that whoever walks on two legs are enemies and whoever walks on four legs or has wings are comrades. Later on, "out came Napoleon himself, …upright, casting haughty glances from side to side," walking on two legs with the other pigs. Shocked, the animals stared at the wall where the Commandments once were and read, "ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS" (Document A). The Commandments are revised to fit the wants of the pigs that are in charge.

Dictators, tyrants and emperors have had a tremendous impact of the making of Western Civilization. In building empires, partaking in wars and controlling the masses, all past leaders had one thing in common: strategies. These strategies helped expand their lands, gain many victories, but especially helped with gaining a loyal civilization. A loyal civilization is the base of a successful dictatorship. The novel, Animal Farm, by George Orwell highlights many strategies used to gain, maintain and control the common people in order to achieve the ideal dictatorship society that the pigs want. The animals begin with a hearty embrace to change and to carry out Old Major’s vision and dreams for an ideal world for the animals. However, once he dies,

George Orwell’s allegorical novella, Animal Farm is a satirical retelling of the events leading up to the 1917 Russian Revolution and the rise of Stalin. After the animals rebel against Mr. Jones and his employees, they set up a government constituted by “Animalism”, which in its raw state parallels the basic principles of socialism. In order to govern them, they create basic laws meant to unify them known as, “The Seven Commandments”, which they write on the outer wall of the barn. However, the pigs begin to disobey the commandments and change them to get away with it. None of the other animals notice due to their illiteracy, so Napoleon continuously exploits this fact to get what he wants. As a result, the farm that was meant to be utopic

The other farm animals are often manipulated to work harder than they already are, they do not have the intelligence to question authority, and they fail to realize the corruption of the pigs. Firstly, because of their gullibility, the animals are constantly being made to work harder and harder for the farm and in turn, for the pigs. One example of this is when Napoleon introduces the new work policy on Sunday afternoons. Work on Sunday afternoons is considered “strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half” (40). Although this work is called voluntary, it evidently is not, as every animal must work on Sunday afternoons as long as they want to eat. Thus, using the threat of hunger, Napoleon essentially integrates forced labour into the farm, yet the animals do not seem to realize it. Additionally, the animals are too naïve to question authority on the farm, specifically Benjamin and Boxer. Benjamin is one of the wisest animals on the farm and is one of the few animals that can actually read. However, his stubborn attitude and lack of enthusiasm for the farm causes him not to question the actions of the pigs. As for Boxer, although he is the hardest-working animal on the farm, his intelligence does not match up; he rarely questions any of Napoleon’s actions, and when any doubts arise, he settles them with the expressions, “Napoleon is always right” and “If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right” (37). When a population is so naïve, it is extremely easy for the authority to take advantage of it. Lastly, the farm animals continually fail to realize that the pigs are corrupt. Each time the pigs break a commandment, they adjust it so that they are not technically violating it. Whenever these commandments are altered, however, the animals do not recognize it. For example, after the pigs

First of all, Napoleon betrays the animals by engaging with the humans. Later on in the story, Napoleon announces that, “he had decided […] Animal Farm would engage in trade with neighbouring farms” (42). Napoleon betrays the animals because humans are considered to be enemies of the animals. Now, he is engaging with humans and trading with them. Second of all, Napoleon betrays the animals by sending Boxer to his death. Benjamin says, “Alfred Simmonds, Horse slaughterer […]” (82). Napoleon did this in order to obtain and money and buy what he wants. Finally, Napoleon betrays the animals by standing up with two legs instead of four. Later on in the story, Napoleon manipulated the sheep and made them repeat the words, “Four legs good, two legs better!” (89). This shows how Napoleon is transforming from a pig to a human, which violates the overall basis with the humans and the animals. Overall, the revolution in the farm is a failure because of

Taking place on an English farm initially known as Manor Farm, the story begins at night, when Mr. Jones makes his way to bed. As the animals gather together, an elderly boar, Old Major, tells his tale of a strange dream he had, in which humankind cease to exist. He brings forth the idea of Rebellion, stating that animals will one day overthrow the human race, and lays out the foundation of what will later be known as ‘Principles of Animalism’. He passes soon after, and though the date of the Rebellion was never given, animals begin to prepare, the pigs taking the lead. The Rebellion occurs in June, when the animals are angered from being unfed, taking action and breaking the feed bin for food. This captures the attention of Mr. Jones and his men, bringing out their whips, only to be “butted and kicked from all sides” by the animals, ultimately driven out of the farm, along with Mrs. Jones. Animals take charge of the farm, stripping themselves of their ribbons, and renaming the farm, Animal Farm. It is then revealed that the pigs had spent the past three months teaching themselves to be literate, as well as reduce the principles of Animalism to Seven Commandments, which was to be inscribed on the wall and followed by all animals. Two of the pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, ‘lead’ the other animals, every animal putting in effort to harvest, with the exception of the pigs, “[who] did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others.” The animals continued to work, but were now happy, for they were working for themselves, and all were equal. However, the pigs are constantly praised at, hinting that they thought themselves better than the rest. Snowball and Napoleon constantly opposed each other’s opinions, Snowball organizing

The pigs raised the dogs as his own personal guards against all the other animals and they were able to relax while other animals did all the work. They provided themselves with more food and luxuries because they thought they were more important and did more work than others. The decision was made, “...the order went forth that all the windfalls were to be collected and brought to the harness room for the use of the pigs. At this some of the other animals murmured, but it was no use” (Orwell 26). This shows how the pigs and dogs got more privileges than any other animal, even though they do less work. The animals that are threats to Napoleon are killed by the dogs or sent to be slaughtered without that animal having any knowledge of it. Many say how the pigs have earned everything that they get or how they are now the new “leaders” of the farm and can do anything if an animal disobeys them. On the other hand, the pigs should not take away food from the other animals just because they believe they are better or that they deserve it somehow. The inequality the pigs show between them and the animals is large and goes against the commandments, or rules, they made in the

This irony exposes the hypocrisy of the pigs and especially of Napoleon. Napoleon claims that animals are better but wants to be like a human. Napoleon decided that as a leader he had the right to “...live in a house than in a mere sty” (69). The pigs overused their power because they felt like they had a right to. The abuse of power got worse and worse over